About This Demo

The tower defense game where you take control

Tower Strike '89 is a retro arcade roguelike tower defense that puts you directly inside the defense machine. Place and customize your towers then snap between them to join the fight, blasting away the Borcling Swarm.

Snappy & Unique Controls

Move instantly between your towers, make quick decisions while still being in the fight

Engage

engage the enemy directly. use your guns and tactical triggers to control the battlefield

Overcome Chaos

Unique enemies and celestial anomalies, all challenging you on your path of destruction

Each run is a new set of possibilities and a new opportunity to adapt, discover new strategies and optimize your build. Expand your arsenal, unlock new towers and modules, equip auto-firing sentinels and orbital components. 

Become unstoppable. Every kill feeds the machine.
















The first tower defense built for the controller and Steam Deck experience as well as mouse and keyboard.

Fusion without compromise.

FEATURES 

• Shoot, Snap, Survive. Become your own defense machine, snapping between towers to blast away the borcs yourself.

• Tower defense meets arcade shooter. Place your defenses tactically, then jump into the fight alongside them to dominate.

• Roguelike progression. Every run surfaces new components and challenges, new ways to adapt and new opportunities. No two runs play out the same.

• Powerful Modules and Relics. Equip Plazma Jumper, Hell Thrower, Lazor Sweep, and more to shape how your defense operates.

• Sentinels fight by your side. Ion Canon, Missile Barrage, Depression Bomb and more - boost damage output, control enemy crowds & debuff Borcs.

• Tactical Triggers. Skills and high-impact weapons to trigger at just the right moment, like X-Guns and Lazor Wave.

• Total control, on your terms. Designed to feel incredible on a controller, Steam Deck or Mouse & Keyboard.

• Retro arcade pixel art. The 80s are calling, they want you back.